Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-29
SACRAMENTO GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

The graduating exercises at the Sacra-
mento Grammar School took place in the
assembly-room at A. NJ and was very
largely attended, the halls and approaches
being filled to the utmost. The programme
as published yesterday morning was car
ried out in manner highly compli-
mentary to the entire gradnaii = class and
most satisfactory and gratifyia,; teachers
and parents. All the numbers were
so pleasingly rendered tia, II would
be unjust to single out any for special
remarks in preference to Others
Mr.. COnklin, President Cf tie Board OF
Education, was present and presented the
diplomas to the graduates, after having adj
| dressed them in few helpful remarks
| State Superintendent Hoitt made a short
and pleasing address to graduates, pupils
| and parents, and was warmly applauded
He spoke very complimentary Of the man.
ner in which the graduates acquitted them
selves in the several parts taken in the
graduating exercises, and hoped the excel
| lence of the school that gave such good re-
| suits would be maintained and its beaefits
| be appreciated and appropriated fully by
! succeeding classes.
| The assembly-room was very attractively
| decorated with evergreen trimmings and the
| national colors, and with specimen draw
! ings upon the walls executed by the pu.
! pills, presented pleasing surroundings for
| the occasion. After the close of the exer-
cises the visitors went through the various
class rooms of the building and inspected
| the drawings made by pupils, which, in
the main, were well executed. and many
| gave evidence of good artistic taste and
! skill. In one department noticeable fea.
| ture in mechanical drawing was q locomo-
| tive and tender, covering nearly one entire
/ eli nf IL III
| drawn. There were numerous others also
that received and merited special attention
CAPITAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
The closing exercises of the Capital
Grammar School took place at 0 \. NJ. yes.
| terday, J. w. Johnson, Principal. presid.
| ing. The attendance was very large. far
/ larger than the assembly -room could ac-
| commodate, concerning which some COM
ment is made hereafter. The rooms were
neatly dressed and presented an appear.
ance in happy keeping with the occasion
| he several class rooms were thrown open
and visited by the people to inspect the
| crayon drawings by the pupils upon the
| wall bleckboards. These were very nu.
| merous and without exception good. while
| some were superior, bearing testimony to
not little promising native talent, which
| under culture will certainly produce results
| OF an order that will do high credit to the
pupils. There were but few of the draw.
| ings that evidenced want of heart in the
| work, or ability either to express original
| thought or to copy. The teachers were
| all pres ent, and courteously solicitous to
make the visit of the parents and other
| guests profitable and pleasurabie The
exercises began promptly, Rev. Mr. Wheeler
| acting as Chaplain. Superintendent Beard
| and Directors Hopkins and Erlewine were
| present, the two latter on call making
| timely and brief remarks, and Superin-
| tendent Beard delivering the certificates
( OF graduation with appropriate words Of
commentator to the pupils. The pro.
| gramme was carried out in the order as
| published in yesterdays RECORD { MON
1t is but simple justice to say thai
| the numbers were well rendered
| and were received with demonstra.iye
marks of satisfaction by the auditors. The
| principal number was a dramatic and
| lyric composition, " The Sultan and His
| Cabinet" by between thirty and forty
| pupils, most of them in appropriate cos.
| tune. II was excellently rendered-more
| credlIably so than there was reason TO ex-
| pect, and was most agreeable surprise. Il
certainly must have involved considerable
hard work by the teachers to train the
performers to the task. As remarked, the
! throwing OF several rooms into one for aE
assembly-room, did not meet the demand
of the people DESTROYS of admission, anc
many were therefore disappointed. The
school seats, too, are not suitable for gen,
eral audience. This school ought to be a:
well accommodated as its colleague on
| street. Though ii has a beautiful new auC
admIrably-arranged building, there is every
reason for furnishing it on these annua
occasions with g roomy hall, and another
year it should be done, if for no othel
reason, for the comfort of the parents o
pupils and to enable all the pupils of tn,
school to witness the exercises.
EXERCISES AT fwENTY-sEvENTH AKIN
| STREETS SCHOOL.
] The closing exercises of the Twenty.